HUCKCHUCK-My Plan To Derail John McCain

Since Mitt Romney dropped out of the remaining Republican presidential primaries, it would seem that Senator John McCain is on an unstoppable path toward the nomination. But-does it really have to be that way? I say no.

We are all familiar with that old term voting for the lesser of two evils, as well as that one of similarly long duration, which states that when so voting, one will be obliged to “hold my nose.”

Well, since the race is now down to between McCain and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, I propose the Republican Party faithful do something similar though a bit more explicit. I suggest that you all-get ready for it-

HUCKCHUCK IN THE VOTING BOOTH

In other words, vote for Mike Huckabee.

This would be the stellar opposite of should you decide instead to “Chuck Huck”. It would also be a lot more fun. Just think of how cool it would be to watch crazy John McCain’s reaction, to get so close to the nomination, only to have it jerked right out of his grasp in favor of Huckabee.

Granted, there are many and valid reasons to “Chuck Huck” instead of “HuckChuck”. By the same token, though there are problems with a Huckabee candidacy, the governor does not have nearly as long a history of backstabbing the Republican Party and it’s conservative base. True, he has done some things-okay, he has done a lot of things-the Party faithful might take serious exception to. Compared to McCain, however, his contribution in this regard as minimal.

I would also like to point out to those who insist it would be better to vote in a Democrat than a treacherous Republican the following fact-with Huckabee, your chances of losing are appreciably better than with McCain, who will no doubt draw a significant portion of Independent voters, and not an insignificant amount of Democratic voters as well. Huckabee is unlikely to match McCain’s strength with these voters.

By the same token, if Huckabee were to win the general election, there is the prospect that in at least some regards, he would be a better president than McCain. He might in fact be every bit as conservative in his policies as Romney asserted he would be-despite the fact, remember, that as governor of Massachusetts, Romney campaigned and to an extent governed as a centrist, maybe in some respects even as a liberal.

Well, if you can take Romney’s word that he would have governed as a conservative president, why not give Huckabee the same benefit of the doubt?

Speaking of Romney, there is a good chance he withdrew when he did with precisely this in mind. Although he certainly has no love for Huckabee, his dislike of McCain must be that much greater. He claims of course that he withdrew in order to keep from splitting the party apart. Still, I have a feeling he could easily be prevailed upon to pledge his delegates to Huckabee. He would have good and valid reason to do so. For that matter, there is no hard rule of which I am aware which states that Romney’s delegates are absolutely bound to whomever Romney pledges them. If he pledges them to McCain, or to no one at all, they are certainly free to go to whomever they wish.

I urge both them and Romney to support Huckabee, and I encourage conservative Republicans to do the same thing.

To those of us who steadfastly maintain that awarding the nomination to John McCain would be akin to rewarding bad behavior, I think this is the proper course of action.

Whatever the case, it is certainly not over, by any means. There are now two candidates in the race for the Republican nomination. Conservatives might not have the choice they wish, but they can certainly derail the one candidate they find the most distasteful. This would be all accounts seem to be John McCain.

And, need I remind you, Duncan Hunter some time back endorsed Huckabee?